Questions & Answers. You have questions. And Jake has answers, especially if they haven’t been covered in one of the other sections of the blog / free guides.
Many of the topics here originate from your e-mails, or from Quora, or threads in our Facebook group, or even YouTube comments on occasion. Natural myopia control is a wide ranging and complex subject, and this might be the section to find answers to some of your questions. Browse and discover!
Michelle: From -10.25 Improved To -7.00
Michelle posts her latest (awesome) status update in the forum. If you're a high myope feeling trapped by your glasses or contact lenses (or have a friend who is), this is a bit of a quick must-read: I waited 6 weeks before updating my first normalized prescription to -7 contacts for the new normalized. From the 4-6 week point with the -7.5 contacts, I started wearing +.5 glasses inside as I could see well inside with no challenge and I [...]
Breaking: Science Discovers The Cause Of Nearsightedness
There has been a breakthrough, ladies and gentlemen. One of the most respected scholars of our time has put forth a strong thesis on the root cause of myopia, one which appears scientifically sound and fully explains the cause of myopia. Exciting times. Discovering causes usually heralds the discovery of cures, in short order. So what did this scientist discover? In simplest terms, he found that myopia is caused by near work (close-up focus). What?! It couldn't be this simple. [...]
LASIK Complications: Epithelial Ingrowth Risk At 50%
You already know what I think about LASIK. Besides being unnecessary if holistic myopia control is practiced, it's also dangerous. The incidence rate of side effects is staggering. Recurrence of myopia post LASIK is significant. I may soften up about optometrists, but the LASIK charade has to go. Here's one of the many common complications. Read through this if you're considering getting your eyes cut up with a laser: R. Doyle Stulting, MD, PhD: "About 50% of all LASIK patients [...]
A Zillion Requests For Free Consults
A lot of e-mails every day, from blog readers. Always nice to read encouraging progress reports and the blog being put to good use. Here's Marjeta: Pretty well done! Note that I can't possibly provide case specific suggestions to non-students. It always turns into an endless e-mail circus, I end up explaining half of what's in the BackTo20/20 sessions (and in the blog, for grrr-sakes) anyway. And for whatever reason, the non-supporting contingent is always least stingy with my time. [...]
Monkey See, Monkey Do
Take a look at this brief abstract of a monkey myopia study published in 2013 in Investigative Ophthalmology: Negative lens-induced myopia in infant monkeys: effects of high ambient lighting. Smith EL 3rd1, Hung LF, Arumugam B, Huang J. Author information Abstract PURPOSE: To determine whether high light levels, which have a protective effect against form-deprivation myopia, also retard the development of lens-induced myopia in primates. METHODS: Hyperopic defocus was imposed on 27 monkeys by securing -3 diopter (D) lenses in [...]
Off-Topic: A Big Thank You, Osteopathy, Malaysia, & The Osmo
Above: A restaurant on a boat, in Laos. Great fish lunch spot! --- I've been meaning to post an official thank you, to all you darling kittehs. For why? One, for being so supportive and positive throughout all of everything here. BackTo20/20 and some of you running into the session loading bug. The never-ending eccentricities of our payment solutions, first forever being PayPal only, and then the newer one having various little bugs. And of course the very limited invites [...]